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Show Milk Is in the Army Novvi rr ;-;,y . IV" - ;. -t! r , . ' -., i -.1" V-yVv ) H Sr iSt. JJ5M.toc " - "'li. uMA-nr ii At the Presidio in San Francisco, , as in all other army camps and naval "stations, the. fighting forces of our nation have the opportunity , to enjoy milk and other health-giv-'; lng dairy products. In this histori- cal army post which outdates the ; revolutionary war and which serves i as headquarters for the Ninth Army I Air Corps area, 6,000 milk shakes j and 7,500 ice cream sodas and a la carte servings of ice cream are consumed con-sumed daily in addition to milk and dairy products in other forms. The food the soldierTre I Z 1S',t0 llarge degree. wspi! sible for the greatly imDrP health conditions among our mZ forces," states Milton Hull, f 3 dent of the National Dairy Com For the first time, since theS tionary war, fresh milk is apat the regular army diet. Butter 2 cheese, neither of which were aval able in revolutionary war times m also prescribed as a part of them ular diet for our soldiers. Ice cream is made available at least onceS twice a week whenever possible. |